A collection of sculptures in bronze, stone and wood display the versatility and excellence of David Marshall.  Refined to the highest standard David’s sculpture speaks through the international language of sight and touch.

At various times I have been enthusiastic about works from different cultures:  Pre-Columbian Mexican and South American; Eastern Island, African; Shang and Chou Dynasty Chinese; the “Archaic” phase of most cultures; Medieval Art of Europe, Expressionist prints, painting and sculpture; Cubism; Surrealism, not Constructivism.  Painters:  Piero della Francesca, Mantegna, Goya, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Seurat, Van Gogh, Picasso, Klee, Mondrian.

I am attracted to works that are very well structured, and of a very expressive nature.  I am not very interested in art that copies the exterior appearance of things excepting when it is used to reveal character or ideas.  So-called Classical Greek art is less interesting than the earlier, rigorous “archaic” work.

My work becomes more expressive of basic concepts:  birth, the stages of life, death, combined with the use of broad symbols that express philosophical and moral views.  My sculpture is never non-objective or “abstract”.  If it appears so, it is because I tend to be concerned with the general, not the particular.  The anecdotal, social commentary, political satire are not part of my expression.  The shape of a particular human being or of a city rarely finds reference in my work.  But the shape of the psychological aspect of personality will always be of great interest to me.